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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kiernan , Land , LewisPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.581kg ISBN: 9780198290698ISBN 10: 0198290691 Pages: 346 Publication Date: 07 May 1998 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents1: Introduction 2: The Changing Demography of Lone Motherhood 3: The Debate about the Law Affecting Marriage and Divorce in Twentieth Century Britain 4: Constructions of Unmarried Motherhood in the Post-War Period 5: Lone Motherhood: Characteristics, Circumstances, and Consequences 6: Social Security and Lone Mothers 7: Housing and Lone Mothers 8: Lone Mothers, Employment, and Child Care 9: ConclusionsReviews`a fascinating and meticulous text ... This is a superb piece of work ... The three authors, all distinguished researchers in the sociology of the family and family policy, have used their combined expertise to produce a book which is likely to be a classic ... This book should be required reading for all social workers in training, for their educators and their practice managers and, dare I say it, for the politicians, social commentators and media persons who pronounce with such certainty on the fecklessness of women without men when, in reality, their characterstics as a social group are as varied as the circumstances in which they live.' Siobhan Lloyd, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Aberdeen, British Journal of Social Work, vol 29, 1999 a fascinating and meticulous text ... This is a superb piece of work ... The three authors, all distinguished researchers in the sociology of the family and family policy, have used their combined expertise to produce a book which is likely to be a classic ... This book should be required reading for all social workers in training, for their educators and their practice managers and, dare I say it, for the politicians, social commentators and media persons who pronounce with such certainty on the fecklessness of women without men when, in reality, their characterstics as a social group are as varied as the circumstances in which they live. Siobhan Lloyd, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Aberdeen, British Journal of Social Work, vol 29, 1999 a fascinating and meticulous text ... This is a superb piece of work ... The three authors, all distinguished researchers in the sociology of the family and family policy, have used their combined expertise to produce a book which is likely to be a classic ... This book should be required reading for all social workers in training, for their educators and their practice managers and, dare I say it, for the politicians, social commentators and media persons who pronounce with such certainty on the fecklessness of women without men when, in reality, their characterstics as a social group are as varied as the circumstances in which they live. * Siobhan Lloyd, Lecturer in Sociology, University of Aberdeen, British Journal of Social Work, vol 29, 1999 * Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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